INTERIM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-162

  Sullivan, David R ^a   Hamilton Craig, Ian ^b   van Bockxmeer, Frank ^c   Watts, Gerald F ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolaemia; Family cascade screening; LDL receptor mutation; Monogenic

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; MUTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857488169     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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